right here to cnn. new central. happening soon in charlottesville, two of these three men who carried tiki torches and march nearly six years ago at a white nationalist rally are scheduled to appear in court today. each has been indicted on a single felony charge of burning an object with the intent to intimidate. which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. 2017 rally ultimately led to violent clashes with counter protesters in 32 year old heather higher, lost her life. cnn s brian todd is in charlottesville. brian i understand there are some new developments, what s going on there? well john. the hearing is slightly delayed because there s another unrelated hearing going on in this court behind me, but in a few minutes we do expect this hearing to take place where two of the three defendants in this case are expected to appear to set the scene for our viewers. we have to kind of differentiate this. these defendants are charged in the case that s related to that
fbi records. check the show. he wasn t a convicted felon. then he was able to get this weapon and we know from the family that he had been dealing with some mental health issues, though they even say they never thought that things would get to where we have seen things get, too has this changed what officials are saying about an official motive ? i mean, we re now learning. perhaps he was just chilling as it is trying to make a point. but have officials said anything about an official motive yet these are all pieces that are zeroing in on that so police haven t come out and said all right, this is the reason however, all right, we have some clues from these notes. the family is also trying to test his body for cte, which we know can sometimes have symptoms of loss of control aggression, even though it s not just limited to ct, so they re looking at clues there and again also trying to piece together from some of the mental health issues that we know from his family. that he was dealing
part of the solution because the frustration is we re all waiting for congress to act and it never comes. but we also can have some skin in the game here and all be part of that solution by just taking care of one in each of them being nice, sometimes with suicide. the smallest intervention can make the biggest difference. and if you apply that to the potential mass shooters. maybe maybe you can make a difference there, too. as i said, james, densely your research on this is wonderful. thank you for the work you do and thank you for being with us today. ralph. and john sitcom growing calls for recalls more than a dozen state attorneys general plea for a federal recall of hyundai and kia vehicles, the security concern that is prompting the request coming up next plus prosecutors in new mexico expected to officially dropped involuntary manslaughter charges against actor alec baldwin. new details on the new facts that factored into the decision. also a monumental deadline day for the supr